Effective at noon (Pacific time) on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, Category 2 and Category 3 open fires will be permitted throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre’s jurisdiction, due to a decreased risk of wildfires in the region. Use of the following equipment and activities will also be permitted: fireworks, including firecrackers; sky lanterns; burn barrels or […]
Archives for September 2019
Peanut Pond condos will be family friendly
By ROY WOOD The Peanut Pond townhome development took another step forward today as council approved the “form and character” of the proposal while at the same time moving to ensure it will be family friendly. The 54-townhome development will sit on the hillside between Peanut Pond and Highway 3, behind the Super 8 Motel. […]
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OSOYOOS COUNCIL BRIEFS Craft brewery in the works for Watermark Locally-produced beer may soon be available at the south end of the Watermark Resort complex after Osoyoos council gave initial approval of the idea this afternoon. According to a report to council from senior planner Don McArthur: “Wesley Grieve has expressed interest in leasing space […]
Do you – have a right to roam?
Anglers recently won a court battle against the owners of Douglas Lake Cattle Company, granting them access to Minnie and Stoney lakes after the ranch blocked access roads. Ed Hendricks A recent B.C. Supreme Court decision restoring public access to two fishing lakes on land owned by the Douglas Lake Cattle Company has reinvigorated efforts […]
Wednesday October 16th
Internationally renowned Red Sky Performance bring their newest work TRACE to Venables Theatre. Trace explores Indigenous connections to ancestral origins and all things traceable through dance. Inspired by Anishinaabe cosmology, our star and sky stories, Trace maps our origin and evolution. For tens of thousands of years, Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island have mapped the […]
The Steele report
Week one of the Federal Election Campaign has not defined a new path to anywhere politically in my view. First let me be clear. I have worked on election campaigns, and in nineteen ninety-seven I was a candidate. The other side of the equation is the fact I spent years in radio and with that […]
Concert Society presents first performance of season
Ofra Harnoy, one of the greatest cellists on the world’s concert stage, is performing at Venables Theatre in Oliver at 7:30 pm, Friday, October 4th. Executive of the South Okanagan Concert Society are absolutely thrilled. Ofra was in Oliver years ago as a student from the Banff School of the Arts. Her talent back […]